Three species are recognized: •
Orycteropus afer – aardvark – Palaeolithic to Recent of Africa • †
Orycteropus abundulafus • †
Orycteropus crassidens – Pleistocene of Kenya • †
Orycteropus djourabensis – Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Chad and Kenya Other species previously assigned to
Orycteropus are now classified in the genus
Amphiorycteropus. == References ==